A team of scientists in London may have found a way to repair tooth enamel using an ingredient found in an unexpected place.

Dental researchers from Tufts University took cells from the dental pulp of a human tooth and mixed them with cells from the enamel of a pig tooth and seeded them onto a “scaffold.” It was then grown ...

Scientists have successfully grown a tooth in a lab as part of research that could ‘revolutionise dental care’. The breakthrough could lead to patients regrowing teeth they have lost, offering an ...

Growing human organs in laboratories has rapidly moved from the annals of fiction into the realm of actual science. But brains, kidneys and intestines aren’t the only body parts that scientists are ...

When you lose a baby tooth, an adult one grows in its place. But if you lose an adult tooth, your options are limited to dentures, titanium implants, or a stylish gaping hole. Soon, however, there ...

Researcher Tammy Buonasera, lead author of research on proteins found in tooth enamel, eyes serum proteins on her computer screen at University of Alaska Fairbanks. (Patrick Doyle/Courtesy) Native ...

Researchers report that they have identified genetic variants that determine the shape of human teeth, including a gene inherited from Neanderthals. The scientists published their paper “PITX2 ...

Human teeth that were worn as pendants were unearthed from the ruins of the 9,000-year-old Turkish city Çatalhöyük. This is the first documented case of human teeth being made into jewelry in the Near ...